Intermediate+Units+of+Study


 * Units of Study, Intermediate **
 * Essential Goals: ** When you are finished with this study what do you want your writers to know and be able to do? What kind of writing/thinking will you expect your kids to be doing? This could be captured in one goal but no more than 2-3.

Ex: The children will know how to be a writer in our room


 * Understandings: ** What are the most important understandings? What do you want students to remember 50 years from now? These understandings may consist of the following: writting habits, strategies, thinking, being part of the writing community, and etc.

-writers have particular histories and habits ||
 * ** Unit of Study ** || ** Essential Goals ** || ** Understandings ** ||
 * Assessment ||  ||   ||
 * Writerly Life (Notebooks?) || -students will develop an identity of their own as a writer and be able to talk about it || -writers move through a particular process to complete a piece of writing
 * Launching (Personal Narrative) || -students will learn how to work and be a member of a writing workshop ||  ||
 * Nonfiction/Informational Writing ||  ||   ||
 * Personal Essay (Choice of Memoir?) ||  ||   ||
 * Test Prep ||  ||   ||